Executive Branch and Suffrage Amendments

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This amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18, mainly due to the draft for the Vietnam War.

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26th Amendment

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The amendment extended the right of suffrage to African American males after the Civil War. Women of any race were not able to vote yet. In reality, many states enacted poll taxes and literacy tests to still restrict voting rights.

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15th Amendment

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This amendment extended suffrage to women; a response to WWI's war efforts

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19th Amendment

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This amendment abolished poll taxes

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24th Amendment

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This amendment came about due to FDR's election to 4 terms. This amendment limits Presidents to serve two 4 year terms or 10 years total.

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22nd Amendment

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The 15th Amendment extended voting rights to which group?

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African Americans

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The 19th Amendment extended voting rights to which group?

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Women

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The 26th Amendment extended voting rights to which group?

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18-20 year olds

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Which of the following is NOT a Constitutional qualification to be President?
political experience,
35 yrs old,
14 yrs residency in the US,
natural born citizen of the US

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political experience

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Which of the following is NOT an expressed power of the President? declare war, Commander in Chief, make treaties, veto power

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declare war